Mr. Fix It 1/18
You mean the water heater went out? That's the news Rosebud gave me yesterday morning . Gad, we can’t do the dishes, wash clothes or even take a shower. I had to get right on this, she’ll have cats if we don’t have hot water. Maybe I should have morning coffee with the guys then get right on it….
So, step one is to shop around for a replacement. I mean you go on line at Menards, Loews or Home Depot to see whose got the best deal on a 40 gallon Propane unit that’s "in stock" plus at a real deal price.
After narrowing it down , I needed to play them a visit, kick some tires. You’ve got to admit that there is a big difference in seeing an Eddie Bauer sweater online and trying one on at their store. Same holds for hardware i.e. a water heater, you got to try one on.
So after traveling from store to store and looking at water heaters (they all look alike just like Iowans) you purchase one, roping it into your trunk and head for home. Now comes the hard part, hauling it downstairs and trying to make all the connections fit. For some reason all the measurements you made on the old one just will not match up with the new.
Then in the back of your mind pops the possibility of an LP gas leak that you may have caused.
Up flashes in your eyes a newspaper headline….from the Lakeland Times…
"Family blow to Kingdom Come!" Now comes what you should have done in the first place, call the local plumber and pay the piper, literally.
If I would have taken into account my time, mileage and a 2nd trip returning the water heater I would have been bucks ahead calling the local plumber in the first place saveing a lot of "I told you so's."
Today’s thought…
" Things go wrong in batches,
a whole lot of batches."
posted by Up North @ 7:21 AM
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3 Comments:
Me too..... on I told you so's. Last fall was "you'd better have the car winterized." Wherein you take your car to a local wrench he checks the dip stick for $100 and saz the cars Ok and at -10 it doesn't start and has a flat tire.
When's ground hog day?
Wow, just like This Old House without Bob Vila. That and Bob never went to Menards - probably just to the bar to get Norm to dry out for the show.
When you equate the water heaters to Iowans are you making a point of the racial homogenity of Iowas. They, like water heaters, are mostly white.
Only 40 gallons? That's not nearly powerful enough. You need one with the power of the Hiroshima bomb to heat 60 gallons plus. Sure, it will need a larger propane tank but - it's winter - what else do you have to do? Simonize Katie the dog?
Have you checked the furnace??????
I've called in the troops on the furnace, a real heating guy. The jury is still out on it. This is northern Wis with a ton of iron in the water and heater heaters a magnets for iron. After 15 years there was 38 gallons of iron in our water heater leaving two gallons of water. It weighed a ton and took 3 guys to carry to thing out of the basement.
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